No, that’s how I do it. I honestly don’t mind doing that just to be able to 
press the power button to end calls.

> On Nov 5, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thanks for that tip. Are you low vision and use magnification but not 
> Voiceover? If not, how do you use this with Voiceover then? The thing is that 
> as soon as you take the phone away from your ear it switches to speakerphone 
> and then as you said, pressing the power button just locks the screen. If you 
> put a finger or hand over the top of the phone it will switch back to 
> earpiece, but it does so because the proximity sensor is covered which In 
> turn disables the touch screen and power button.
> The only way I could find to make this work is to take the phone away from my 
> ear, then find the "Speaker" button which shows as selected, if I double tap 
> it the call will switch to the earpiece but without locking the screen or 
> buttons. When I now press the power button the call is indeed ended, but in 
> order to get to this I have to find the speaker button which may even be 
> hidden if the keypad is on the screen and if I have to find a button to tap 
> on I might as well just look for the End Call button which is easy to find 
> since it's just above the home button and it's there even if the keypad is on 
> the screen.
> Like I said, if there is a different way please could you explain what steps 
> you follow?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Daniel Miller
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 8:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Hanging up calls
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I forgot to mention it only works if you have the call on earpiece. If it’s 
> on speaker the phone locks yet the call continues.
> Sorry for the confusion.
> 
>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> Your 6S must work differently than mine, if I am on a call, take the phone 
>> away from my ear and then once the call switches to speakerphone press the 
>> power button I just get Voiceover telling me "Screen locked".
>> I tried pressing it once and I tried pressing it twice quickly, but it 
>> definitely doesn't hang up the call and when the phone is still to my ear, 
>> pressing the power button does absolutely nothing as you pointed out because 
>> it's disabled.
>> 
>> I find a two-finger double tap works well and reliably to hang up calls. You 
>> just have to make sure once you take the phone away from your ear that you 
>> don't do it super quick, give the proximity sensor a moment to make sure the 
>> screen is fully activated again, then make sure your fingers aren't too 
>> close together and do a nice, distinct 2-finger double tap and it should 
>> work every time, just repeat it once if it really doesn't work the first 
>> time. You'll know if it worked because if it does and you repeat you most 
>> likely start playback of whatever it is you had playing last.
>> Of course if you are using a headset you can simply press the button on the 
>> remote to hang up.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of Daniel Miller
>> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 7:30 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Hanging up calls
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> At least on he 6S Plus, you can still hang up calls with the power button, 
>> but the phone needs to be away from your ear to do so, since the proximity 
>> sensor prevents the button from being pressed by accident while you’re on a 
>> call.
>> 
>>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Joe. I know this doesn't work for some, but have you tried the two 
>>> finger double tap method to hang up calls?
>>> 
>>> Shawn
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>>>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That's terrible news. I always seem to be fumbling to end calls on this 
>>>> phone. Ending calls with the power button was ever so much more convenient.
>>>> 
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>>> Behalf Of Shai
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 6:30 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: Hanging up calls
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Joe,
>>>> On the iPhone6s, one is unable to hang up using the power button. Only on 
>>>> the 5s/c or earlier.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/4/15, Joe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Can someone please remind me how to hang up calls using the power button?
>>>>> I'm on an iPhone 6S latest version of iOS, but can't get the bugger to 
>>>>> work.
>>>>> I push the button while the phone is against my ear but no luck. 
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
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